Are DSA2 signing keys backwards compatible?

John W. Moore III jmoore3rd at bellsouth.net
Mon Feb 11 05:48:58 CET 2008


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Subject: Re: Are DSA2 signing keys backwards compatible?
From: Kevin Hilton <kevhilton at gmail.com>
To: gnupg-users at gnupg.org
Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:13:11 PM


> So just to clarify --
> A 3096 bit DSA signing key could only be used with the SHA-512 hash?

'3096'?  I think You meant either 3072 or 4096. :-\

JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Sunday 10 Feb 2008, 23:48  --500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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